It took Switch 14 months to transform the former Steelcase research and development facility into the Switch Pyramid Campus.

“Really, I don’t know if we could have done it at this speed anywhere else,” said Adam Kramer, vice president of strategy for Switch.

Kramer says the effort exceeded expectations.

“Which is why we love to not only call it home, but to be an advocate for the community with our friends in the tech community around the world,” said Kramer.

Many of the people now employed at the Pyramid Campus work for clients who use the storage service.

“Not only are they running their mission critical IT infrastructure out of the pyramid, they also have employees coming in and out of the pyramid every day to work on that equipment and support them, ” explained Kramer.

The familiar red air exchangers that cool the servers – a trademark of the Nevada based data storage company – now grace the site.

Build-outs are planned at the pyramid, including several more data center facilities over the next decade.

Switch surprised many in late 2015, announcing they’d plan to purchase the pyramid and move their East Coast operations into the building. It took a series of tax code changes by the state legislature to incentivize the creation of the new hub.